CVE-2012-1096

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2012-1096 · Published 10/03/2020 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-1096 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting networkmanager (gnome).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.72%, higher than 53.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
networkmanager gnome	`≤ 0.9.0`	No fix yet

Description

NetworkManager 0.9 and earlier allows local users to use other users' certificates or private keys when making a connection via the file path when adding a new connection.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/02/3 · Mailing List
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1096 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1096 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

networkmanager

gnome

≤ 0.9.0

No fix yet

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